Prophecy Update: June 30th 2017
A word that I hear from many prophecy teachers is the word convergence. So many things are happening at once that it is hard to keep up. I generally look first at the Middle East and the relationship of Israel with her neighbors. I do this because much of what God says is going to happen in the last days has to do with Israel. Next I look at specific prophecies regarding the end times which are close to being fulfilled or are being set up to be fulfilled. The Gog Magog prophecy of Ezekiel 38-39 is of particular interest to me since Russia and Iran are on the borders of Israel. I also look at the prophecy of Isaiah 17 and the destruction of Damascus. This is as current as it gets; Damascus has been at war for almost 7 years. Another very important prophecy is of the return of the Jews to Israel.
Ezekiel 36-37 is in the process of being fulfilled. Satan does not want the Jews to come back to the land because it means that his time is getting close to the end. His hatred of God and God’s people causes him to hate the land of Israel. He tried to keep the Jews out the first time with Joshua. He tried to keep the Jews out of the land when they came back from the Babylonian captivity. He is now in the midst of using the UN to declare that the land of Israel is not Jewish. Bill Salus wrote a book called Psalm 83 and the future war for the mountains of Israel and the specific cities of Shiloh, Bethel, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and Hebron. All of these ancient Jewish cities are declared by the UN to be Muslim and Palestinian cities. They are kind enough to give the Jews half of Jerusalem, but the Palestinians publish maps that show all of the land is Palestinian, not one inch is Jewish.
The latest UN fiasco is a conference in Poland. The Jerusalem Post had this headline: Israel gears up for Jerusalem sovereignty fight in UNESCO. “Israel is pushing to sway the 21 nations on UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee to reject a resolution disavowing Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem, when the committee meets in Krakow, Poland, July 2-12.” The UN already voted that Jerusalem is not Jewish last December. “Israel is now worried that similar annual anti-Israel resolutions will stem from the Palestinian Authority’s bid this year to inscribe the Old City of Hebron, including the Tomb of the Patriarchs, under “Palestine” on the World Heritage List in Danger. Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely spoke with foreign ambassadors based in Israel about the pending Hebron vote, and warned that “Jewish [holy] sites are being Islamized.” Can you imagine saying that Hebron, where David ruled Israel for seven years and where Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are buried, is not Jewish? The UN that represents all of the nations of the world, takes a stand against Israel and treats her as if she should not exist.
The war coming for Israel to take her land is heating up. The Syrian war has brought many nations into the territory, super powers like Russia, USA, and China have a stake in what happens there. Nations are lining up and taking sides so that the prophecies can come true. The Arab nations have made it clear that they want Israel destroyed. But, Ezekiel 38:13 says that “Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will say to you, ‘Have you come to capture spoil? Have you assembled your company to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to capture great spoil?’”’ This means that Saudi Arabia is protesting Russia and Iran going into Israel. That means that there will be a split in the Arab nations. Since Israel was a nation, the prophecy of Psalm 83 has been slowly being fulfilled. Psalm 83:4 says, They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation, That the name of Israel be remembered no more.” In 1948, 56, 67, and 73 the Arab nations attacked and lost wars with Israel. Soon, Israel will finish the job and take all of her land from these nations which have said, no negotiations, no peace, and no recognition of Israel. None of these nations in the Middle East even recognize that Israel exists.
God does not lie, He says that what He prophesies will come true. Isaiah 46:9-10 “Remember the former things long past, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, ‘My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’ God has declared to the mountains of Israel (Ezekiel 36-37) that God would give all of the land of Israel back to the Jews. This has not happened fully yet! It started in 1948 and it is still being countered by Satan. Hezbollah is ready to fight a war with Israel and it will be launched from Syria and Lebanon. Both of these nations will be destroyed by Israel, Damascus will be destroyed and Lebanon will fall. Hezbollah will be wiped out and Iran will be very mad. Jordan, who still has a peace treaty with Israel will attack in the Psalm 83 war, they will be destroyed by Israel. Jordan currently is pushing the UN to say that Israel does not have sovereignty over much of Jerusalem. Gaza and the Sinai Peninsula will be destroyed, many terror groups are there now, ISIS, Hamas, and Al Qaida, all want to fight Israel and destroy her. They will fail. These wars are about to be launched, Hamas and Hezbollah talk about it. It was in the news today, Hezbollah said they are ready to attack, Iran leader Ayatollah Khameni stated that all Muslims must attack the Jews now. Breitbart reported yesterday, “Israeli Army Prepares for Hezbollah Attack Ahead of Work on Lebanon Border” Hezbollah may launch an attack against Israel before or during the construction of a new border fence next month, the former director of the Counter Terrorism Bureau at the Prime Minister’s Office said on Monday. Ex-counter terror chief and former deputy commander of the IDF’s Galil Division Brig.-Gen. (res.) Nitzan Nuriel told reporters that if Hezbollah chooses to strike before the construction of the barrier is completed, it could set off a third Lebanon war. “The Israeli enemy should know that if it launches an attack on Syria or Lebanon, it’s unknown whether the fighting will stay just between Lebanon and Israel, or Syria and Israel,” Nasrallah said, adding that a future conflict would be “very costly for Israel.”
“I’m not saying countries would intervene directly — but it would open the door for hundreds of thousands of fighters from all around the Arab and Islamic world to participate in this fight — from Iraq, Yemen, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan,” he said. I believe many nations will intervene. The Psalm 83 war will lead to the Gog Magog war.
Hamas is also anxious to start a war. The Independent is reporting, “Hamas ‘ready for a new war in Israel by summer’, former IDF general says.” Last month the IDF said that the group’s military capabilities had been restored to their pre-2014 war strength. Everything I am reading from the Middle East smells of war this summer. Soon and very soon the Lord will fulfill Psalm 83 and Ezekiel 36-37. One thing is sure to me, in all of my praying and searching the Lord on this issue, I believe the time is very short for Israel to get all of her land back. The hatred and the anger, paying millions of dollars to Palestinians to kill Israeli’s is coming to an end. Jared Kushner and President Trump ended up in yelling matches with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas over paying terrorists. Then Saudi Arabia boycotts Qatar dividing the Middle East. The nations are realigning again to fulfill prophecy.
Why do I believe that we are so close to these wars? In the first place, the nations in the Middle East have been talking about this so much and it is at a fever pitch. ISIS is being destroyed, Al Qaida and Al Nusra have a new lease on life, Turkey is paying people to attack Israel, and Iran talks about destroying Israel every day! Turkey and Iran are paying more and more people to prepare for war with Israel, the two biggest groups being Hamas and Hezbollah.
The United States and Saudi Arabia along with the Gulf Cooperation Council, political and economic union consisting of all Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq. Its member states are Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. These nations, led by the United States have implemented a plan to bring about a regime change in Iran. Our military has been striking down Iranian drones and Iranian backed troops in Syria. Since Qatar is now under such pressure to give up its ties to Iran, a breach has happened that can only lead to war. I believe that Russia and Iran will get the upper hand because it is biblical prophecy. Because the USA is not in prophecy, I believe somehow that the pressure on Qatar is going to backfire. Qatar so far is getting closer to Iran, Russia, China, and Turkey. The 11,000 troops of the USA in Qatar may be kicked out? Did you know that Qatar has traded 86 billion dollars in Chinas Yuan instead of US dollars the last two years? “This is incredibly important because Qatar shares its major natural gas reserve with Iran, and Iran also conducts its oil-related business deals with China in Yuan. Shortly after the nuclear accord reached in 2015, the Islamic Republic sought to capitalize on these economic opportunities by ramping up production on their share of the Iran-Qatari gas reserve. In November 2016, Iran signed a deal with France’s Total, a multinational integrated oil and gas company, to develop this project. Iran is expected to surpass Qatar’s gas production by next year, and Qatar was left with little choice but to join the venture. It lifted a self-imposed ban on developing the gas field in April of this year.” (Zerohedge) This most likely means that the USA is out of Qatar and the worlds reserve currency (US Dollar) is also out; being replaced by the Yaun in oil and gas trading! This the Saudi’s and the Americans cannot stand for. It has meant war in the past and it will mean war now. The Chinese have been calling for a new reserve currency for years. America is still the reserve currency by far, but times are changing. These are dangerous times for Israel and America, pray for peace!
